‘This is Campbell’ Family Night

Campbell Elementary School 2200 Dodge St., Lincoln, NE, United States

Join our Campbell Elementary CLC to celebrate our school's diversity of traditions, cultures, and people.

Identifying Community Assets for Civic Health

First-Plymouth Church 20th & D streets, Lincoln, NE, United States

Civic Nebraska is partnering with First Plymouth Church to provide two listening sessions around the guest lecture from Donna Hicks. The first session on April 24 will provide an overview of how identifying assets in our communities can strengthen civic health.

Housing Advocates Potluck

Educare Lincoln 3435 N. 14th St., Lincoln, NE, United States

This potluck is for Lincolnites who care about affordable, safe, and accessible housing to get to know one another and discuss housing topics that are important to them and that may inspire future advocacy projects and collaborations. 

Turtle Island Earth Celebration

Woods Park 33rd and O Streets, Lincoln, NE, United States

Turtle Island Earth Celebration is a Chautauqua of the humanities, visual arts, performing arts, and trans-disciplinary education.

Free

Otis Young Lecture Series on Religion and Ethics: DIGNITY

First-Plymouth Church 20th & D streets, Lincoln, NE, United States

Join us and First-Plymouth Church in Lincoln in welcoming Donna Hicks, Ph.D., an associate at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard, an award-winning author, and an internationally renowned authority on dignity.

$10

Essential Elements of Dignity and Civic Engagement

F Street Community Center 1225 F St, Lincoln, NE, United States

Civic Nebraska is partnering with First-Plymouth Church in Lincoln to provide two listening sessions around the guest lecture from Donna Hicks. The second session, on May 8, will reflect on the lecture and examine the intersection of dignity and civic engagement.

Film Screening & Community Conversation: Housing

Bennett Martin Library 136 South 14th Street, Lincoln, NE, United States

Join us for a discussion alongside Lincoln residents, housing advocates, and stakeholders as we view a story featured in Gabriella (Parsons) Nova's 2020 film "BEHIND ON RENT," followed by breakout discussions and a group idea harvest on tackling housing insecurity in Lincoln.

Civic Saturday: HOME FREE

Venue TBA

Civic Saturdays are an antidote to feelings of apathy and despair. Friends and strangers connect around the values and practices of being an active citizen, reckoning with our ... Read more

Strengthening Democracy Awards 2024

Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts 1300 Q Street, Lincoln, NE, United States

Join Civic Nebraska in honoring five outstanding Nebraskans who strengthen our democracy in remarkable ways. We invite you to join us for an evening celebrating the power of collective voice with Tennessee Rep. Justin J. Pearson, whose experience being ousted from office for using his voice speaks to the urgency of being loud and clear – even in the face of oppression.

Locations

After School Programs

  • Sherman Elementary School

    5618 N 14th Ave.
    Omaha, NE 68110

  • Lewis and Clark Middle School

    6901 Burt St.
    Omaha, NE 68132

  • Lothrop Magnet Elementary

    3300 N. 22nd St.
    Omaha, NE 68110

  • Campbell Elementary School

    2200 Dodge St.
    Lincoln, NE 68521

  • Lincoln High School

    2229 J St.
    Lincoln, NE 68510

  • Lincoln Northeast High School

    2635 N. 63rd St.
    Lincoln, NE 68507